Michelle McManus

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Michelle McManus (born 8 May 1980) is a Scottish singer, columnist, and television presenter.

In 2003, she won the second and final series of UK talent show Pop Idol. In January 2004, McManus' debut single, "All This Time," debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

The Meaning of Love, her only album to date, was released in February 2004 and debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart.

BMG snu's McManus brand was removed from the collection later this year, and she hasn't been signed by any other record labels to date. McManus was a co-presenter of STV's lifestyle magazine show The Hour from 2000 to 2011, first alongside Stephen Jardine and later Tam Cowan.

She is also a columnist for the Glasgow Evening Times.

McManus was invited to the Loose Women panel in 2018 as a guest panelist.

Early life

Michelle McManus was born in 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland, to John and Helen McManus, who are the oldest of five siblings. McManus grew up in Baillieston, Glasgow, with her parents and siblings, before auditioning for Pop Idol.

Personal life

On September 23, 2017, McManus married Jeff Nimmo.

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Career

McManus and thousands of other young singers from around the United Kingdom auditioned for the second season of Pop Idol in early 2003. Pete Waterman, in particular, was unsure if she'd be able to work in the music industry due to her fuller figure appearance. However, she was Simon Cowell's favorite, and the public voted McManus into the top 12 in the semi-finals, though the bookmaker's rank-outsider advanced to the finals. McManus was in the bottom 3 only once in the finals, and she was named the winner of Pop Idol on December 20, 2003.

Judge Pete Waterman screamed off the Pop Idol set in protest when McManus won the competition; he later described her as "rubbish." Louis Walsh, a judge on sister show Popstars: The Rivals, was befuddled by McManus' victory and complained that "we need to give her her 15 minutes [of fame]."

Fiona Shepherd, a Scotsman reporter, said of the win: "McManus' victory was not a triumph of talent over image," the Scotsman reporter said of the win: "McManus' win was not a triumph of talent over appearance - the exact opposite, in fact. "If she had been a modelesque actress with an unremarkable voice, the voting public would not have cared." In the Sunday Mercury, George Tyndale expressed similar feelings, saying that McManus was voted out of office due to the "fat vote." "The harm this has done is incalculable," she said about her professed content with her body as well as her ascension to fame. Lives may, in fact, be in jeopardy."

McManus' win "insightably decreased the pool of talent available to the judges," according to Daily Telegraph journalist Viktoria Tolstoy. An Entertainment.ie reviewer called McManus the youngest winner of the Pop Idol series, and she said she and fellow reality television music competition winners Will Young and Alex Parks "look like worldbeaters by comparison."

McManus was signed to the Sony BMG record label, and under the single name Michelle, her debut single "All This Time" was released in late 2003 and early 2004. The song rose to the top of the UK Singles Chart straightaway and stayed there for three weeks; it spent eleven weeks outside of the UK Top 100. McManus is the first Scottish female to debut at the top of the UK Singles Chart. The song debuted at number 5 in Ireland before soaring to number 2. The Meaning of Love, her debut album, debuted on February 16, 2004, ranked number one on the Scottish Albums Chart, and number 64 on the Irish Albums Chart, peaking at number three on the UK Albums Chart, and number one on the Scottish Albums Chart. The British Phonographic Industry awarded it a gold medal for sales of over 100,000 in the United Kingdom. The album's title track was released as the second single on the UK chart and Number 29 in Ireland, but it stalled at number 16 on the UK chart and Number 29 in Ireland, while the Scottish Singles Chart ranked number seven. McManus was discontinued by her brand as a result of weak record sales.

McManus appeared on a 60-minute television special on You Are What You Eat with author and TV presenter Gillian McKeith in an attempt to shed weight on June 22, 2005. On December 13, 2005, a sequel to McManus and her weight loss was broadcast, which was the first program since the last one. In December 2005, McManus published You Are What You Eat: Michelle's Diary. The book chronicled her journey from winning Pop Idol to appearing on You Are What You Eat, with particular emphasis on her weight loss and subsequent slimming. In December 2006, McManus released The Life Plan, a guide to healthy living, fitness, and eating.

McManus appeared in a BBC One holiday magazine program titled Departure Lounge in September 2005. McManus's management firm 19 Entertainment had left the company 19 Entertainment, 19 months after winning Pop Idol in July 2005. She then went on to join Sanctuary Entertainment and delved into a love of animal rights. McManus said she was told because of her weight because her record company was unable to produce any merchandise based on her appearance.

McManus began guest-presenting on Scottish radio station Clyde 1, then gained her own regular Saturday show on the station. McManus hosted two series of BBC Radio Scotland's Let's Do The Show Right Here. McManus declared the Scottish votes on television during the Making Your Mind Up 2006 programme in March 2006, and she appeared on Children in Need live from Scotland in November 2006. McManus appeared in the theatre performance The Vain Monologues in June 2006, a role she has reprised for various tours.

Loose Women made two appearances on television show Loose Women in 2007. "Just for You" was released in November 2007. Dancing to a Different Beat, which is still unveiled, was supposed to be her second album.

McManus appeared in an episode of the BBC sitcom Still Game in August 2007. In December 2007, McManus appeared in a revival of the musical Discotivity at the Arts Theatre in London's West End. She toured Asia in January 2008 as part of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

During the summer of 2009, McManus appeared on the weekday Scottish lifestyle TV show The Hour. McManus joined Stephen Jardine as a permanent main host in October 2009. The program was relaunched in September 2011 as a weekly peak-time show with McManus co-hosting with Tam Cowan, but it was cancelled after four weeks due to low viewership.

In addition to The Hour, McManus has hosted Hogmanay programs for STV, including the 2009 documentary film Scotland's Always Have Talent and Midnight, a pre-recorded special edition of The Hour.

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McManus was one of Pope Benedict XVI's tenth-day guests at a ticketed Mass of Saint Ninian in Bellahouston Park in September 2010, as part of Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the United Kingdom.

McManus was a columnist for the Glasgow Evening Times from 1997 to 2018 and a judge for the papers.

McManus was one of the artists on Mànran's "Take You There" as the official single of the 2012 STV Children's Appeal in September 2012. According to the Scottish Singles Chart, it ranked 70th on the list.

McManus has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival since 2012. This trilogy of shows, including "Michelle at the Musicals," "Reloaded," and "Pop Goes the Idol," was co-written by McManus and Bruce Devlin. She appeared on "Musicals" and "Reloaded" in Scotland and Northern England from 2013 to 2017.

On Martyn Hett's funeral, McManus paid tribute and performed two songs. Martyn was one of the 22 people injured in the Manchester bombing on May 22nd. McManus and Choirs with Purpose performed a cover version of "We All Stand Together" in late 2017, aiming for the top spot on the UK Singles Charts in late 2017.

McManus was a guest panelist on Loose Women in January 2018.

Our Lives, a show on BBC Radio Scotland in July 2020.

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